Son of George Washington Chuculate and Elmyra Faulkner, Husband of Ruby Sarah Cotton. Perry Levi Chuculate was a Deputy with the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Department, he was murdered in the line office duty while searching a stolen vehicle.
Southwest Times Record
Fort Smith, Arkansas, Sunday Morning, August 28, 1926
Slain Deputy To Be Buried At Sallisaw
Perry Chuculate's Funeral Will Be Conducted at First Christian Church: Pythians Will Take Part
Sallisaw, Okla., Aug. 28. --- Funeral services for Perry Chuculate, 32 years, deputy of Sequoyah county, who was fatally shot Friday afternoon., in a battle with two alledged bandits, three miles west of Sallisaw, will be conducted here at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the First Christian church.
Mr Chuculate died at 5:50 o'clock Friday afternoon in St. John's hospital in Fort smith, nearly seven hours after he had been shot through the right shoulder and right lung by the bandits.
The body of the former peace officer will be taken form his home, Noth Main street, to the Christian church at 2 o'clock and will lie in state for one hour prior to the service. The officiating minister had not been named Saturday morning.
Pythians Will Take Part
Special ritualistic services at the City cemetery in Sallisaw will be in charge of the Sallisaw chapter No. 271, Knights of Pythias. They will be assisted by members of the Fort Smith Pythian lodge. Mr Chuculate had been a member of the Knights of Pythias for 7 years.
Members of the Arkola temple Dramatic Order Knights of Khorasan of Fort Smith, of which the dead officer had been a member for the last three years, will meetat the Pythian hall, 1110 1-2 Garrison avenue at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon and will go to the funeral in a body (?).
Pallbearers for the funeral will be selected either from the police and sheriff's force at Sallisaw or from the membership of the Knights of Pythias of the city.
List of Survivors
Mr. Chucuate is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby (Cotton) Chuculate of the family home, two sons, Owen, 13 years old and Odell, 10, a daughter, Opal, 14 years old. He also leaves his parents Mr. and Mrs. George Chuculate, Sallisaw, two (three) brothers, Jack and Hasting of Sallisaw and Mose Chuculate who arrived in Sallisaw Saturday morning from his in Elk City, Okla. His sister, Mrs. George Hale of Tulsa, Okla., came to Sallisaw Friday night. Another Sister Miss Lucille Chuculate resides in Sallisaw.
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Delaine Shirley-Noyer (#47591332)
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Perry Chuculate, Nephew of Cherokee Chieftain, Made His Name Almost Mythical
Perry Chuculate, 32-year-old deputy sheriff who died Friday afternoon in St. John's hospital from bullet wounds received that morning in an attempt to halt two bandits believed to have robbed tow banks at Covington, was a member of one Sequoyah county's historic Cherokee families and one of the picturesque figures of the county's law force.
Chuculate, who was three-fourths Cherokee, was the son of Elmira Faulkner, sister of old "Uncle Dave" Faulkner, Hanson, Okla., chieftain of the Cherokee tribe and the founder of a pioneer eastern Oklahoma family. Chuculate's father, George, was a full-blood Cherokee.
The Old Chuculate homestead, at which George was reared, stands one and one-half mile this side of Sallisaw. On it the cabin built by the Cherokee family in the early Indian Territory days still remains. The farm is now owned by C.B. Johnson, m909 South Twenty-Sixth Street, who resigned as mayor of Sallisaw a year ago.
Noted for Fearlessness
"Perry's part in this affair,' said Johnson Saturday, referring to the attempt made by four Sequoyah county officers to halt the bandits west of Sallisaw, "was typical of his history in the police and sheriff's force.
"He was fearless. He was a crack shot with a pistol or gun. He always rushed in at the most dangerous times, forgetting caution. It was no surprise to any of his friends when we heard he had been shot, for he always was in the thick of any shooting, and it is miraculous he escaped with his life up to that time."
Chuculate began work on the night police force of Sallisaw when he was 23 years old, according to Johnson, now mayor was then chief of police. When Johnson went out of office last June, he said Chuculate resigned and became associated with John E. Johnston, sheriff, as deputy. At the time of his death he was chief field deputy sheriff.
Killed Three While Policeman
When Chuculate was night police officer, he killed three men. One was an ex-soldier, Ross Taylor, believed to have been mentally unbalanced. Chuculate had been called to Taylor's home to protect the insane man's wife, whom he was beating while intoxicated. Another victim of the deputy's was Tom Benson, whom he killed in front of the Wonderland theatre, Sallisaw, when Benson started shooting at E. B. Bugher, theatre owner. Benson also was said to have been drinking.
Chuculate also shot and killed a man who attacked him after the deputy had pursued him form the front to the rear of the Palace Drug store in Sallisaw.
Captured Noted Bandits
The Cherokee officer has numbers of exploits to his credit, so that his name, although he was a young man, had become a sort of myth in eastern Oklahoma, Johnson said.
Chuculate was leading the posse, gathered from Oklahoma towns, last spring when Frank Chance was captured in Coke Hill. Bert Cotton, under sheriff, and brother-in-law of Chuculate, was given credit for firing the shot that killed Chance.
One of the most famous captures before he went bad." He said, was out of Sallisaw on a highway after attempting to rob a bank, when he ran out of gas. He entered the town, happing to choose the garage of Bert Cotton to rob. Chuculate was at the time and walked in the garage and captured Ed and a Companion. He then went with them to the edge of the town, to their waiting motor car, and captured Lockhart's brother."
Received Two Rewards
Chuculate received $1,000 reward from the Arkansas Banker's association for that feat. He and J. C. Woll, chief of police of Sallisaw, who Friday was kidnapped by the bandits who fatally wounded Chuculate, received $1,000 reward last winter for capturing two St. Louis bandits.
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Delaine Shirley-Noyer (#47591332)
Southwest Times Record
Fort Smith, Arkansas, Sunday Morning, August 28, 1926
Slain Deputy To Be Buried At Sallisaw
Perry Chuculate's Funeral Will Be Conducted at First Christian Church: Pythians Will Take Part
Sallisaw, Okla., Aug. 28. --- Funeral services for Perry Chuculate, 32 years, deputy of Sequoyah county, who was fatally shot Friday afternoon., in a battle with two alledged bandits, three miles west of Sallisaw, will be conducted here at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the First Christian church.
Mr Chuculate died at 5:50 o'clock Friday afternoon in St. John's hospital in Fort smith, nearly seven hours after he had been shot through the right shoulder and right lung by the bandits.
The body of the former peace officer will be taken form his home, Noth Main street, to the Christian church at 2 o'clock and will lie in state for one hour prior to the service. The officiating minister had not been named Saturday morning.
Pythians Will Take Part
Special ritualistic services at the City cemetery in Sallisaw will be in charge of the Sallisaw chapter No. 271, Knights of Pythias. They will be assisted by members of the Fort Smith Pythian lodge. Mr Chuculate had been a member of the Knights of Pythias for 7 years.
Members of the Arkola temple Dramatic Order Knights of Khorasan of Fort Smith, of which the dead officer had been a member for the last three years, will meetat the Pythian hall, 1110 1-2 Garrison avenue at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon and will go to the funeral in a body (?).
Pallbearers for the funeral will be selected either from the police and sheriff's force at Sallisaw or from the membership of the Knights of Pythias of the city.
List of Survivors
Mr. Chucuate is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby (Cotton) Chuculate of the family home, two sons, Owen, 13 years old and Odell, 10, a daughter, Opal, 14 years old. He also leaves his parents Mr. and Mrs. George Chuculate, Sallisaw, two (three) brothers, Jack and Hasting of Sallisaw and Mose Chuculate who arrived in Sallisaw Saturday morning from his in Elk City, Okla. His sister, Mrs. George Hale of Tulsa, Okla., came to Sallisaw Friday night. Another Sister Miss Lucille Chuculate resides in Sallisaw.
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Delaine Shirley-Noyer (#47591332)
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Perry Chuculate, Nephew of Cherokee Chieftain, Made His Name Almost Mythical
Perry Chuculate, 32-year-old deputy sheriff who died Friday afternoon in St. John's hospital from bullet wounds received that morning in an attempt to halt two bandits believed to have robbed tow banks at Covington, was a member of one Sequoyah county's historic Cherokee families and one of the picturesque figures of the county's law force.
Chuculate, who was three-fourths Cherokee, was the son of Elmira Faulkner, sister of old "Uncle Dave" Faulkner, Hanson, Okla., chieftain of the Cherokee tribe and the founder of a pioneer eastern Oklahoma family. Chuculate's father, George, was a full-blood Cherokee.
The Old Chuculate homestead, at which George was reared, stands one and one-half mile this side of Sallisaw. On it the cabin built by the Cherokee family in the early Indian Territory days still remains. The farm is now owned by C.B. Johnson, m909 South Twenty-Sixth Street, who resigned as mayor of Sallisaw a year ago.
Noted for Fearlessness
"Perry's part in this affair,' said Johnson Saturday, referring to the attempt made by four Sequoyah county officers to halt the bandits west of Sallisaw, "was typical of his history in the police and sheriff's force.
"He was fearless. He was a crack shot with a pistol or gun. He always rushed in at the most dangerous times, forgetting caution. It was no surprise to any of his friends when we heard he had been shot, for he always was in the thick of any shooting, and it is miraculous he escaped with his life up to that time."
Chuculate began work on the night police force of Sallisaw when he was 23 years old, according to Johnson, now mayor was then chief of police. When Johnson went out of office last June, he said Chuculate resigned and became associated with John E. Johnston, sheriff, as deputy. At the time of his death he was chief field deputy sheriff.
Killed Three While Policeman
When Chuculate was night police officer, he killed three men. One was an ex-soldier, Ross Taylor, believed to have been mentally unbalanced. Chuculate had been called to Taylor's home to protect the insane man's wife, whom he was beating while intoxicated. Another victim of the deputy's was Tom Benson, whom he killed in front of the Wonderland theatre, Sallisaw, when Benson started shooting at E. B. Bugher, theatre owner. Benson also was said to have been drinking.
Chuculate also shot and killed a man who attacked him after the deputy had pursued him form the front to the rear of the Palace Drug store in Sallisaw.
Captured Noted Bandits
The Cherokee officer has numbers of exploits to his credit, so that his name, although he was a young man, had become a sort of myth in eastern Oklahoma, Johnson said.
Chuculate was leading the posse, gathered from Oklahoma towns, last spring when Frank Chance was captured in Coke Hill. Bert Cotton, under sheriff, and brother-in-law of Chuculate, was given credit for firing the shot that killed Chance.
One of the most famous captures before he went bad." He said, was out of Sallisaw on a highway after attempting to rob a bank, when he ran out of gas. He entered the town, happing to choose the garage of Bert Cotton to rob. Chuculate was at the time and walked in the garage and captured Ed and a Companion. He then went with them to the edge of the town, to their waiting motor car, and captured Lockhart's brother."
Received Two Rewards
Chuculate received $1,000 reward from the Arkansas Banker's association for that feat. He and J. C. Woll, chief of police of Sallisaw, who Friday was kidnapped by the bandits who fatally wounded Chuculate, received $1,000 reward last winter for capturing two St. Louis bandits.
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Delaine Shirley-Noyer (#47591332)
Son of George Washington Chuculate and Elmyra Faulkner, Husband of Ruby Sarah Cotton. Perry Levi Chuculate was a Deputy with the Sequoyah County Sheriff's Department, he was murdered in the line office duty while searching a stolen vehicle.
Southwest Times Record
Fort Smith, Arkansas, Sunday Morning, August 28, 1926
Slain Deputy To Be Buried At Sallisaw
Perry Chuculate's Funeral Will Be Conducted at First Christian Church: Pythians Will Take Part
Sallisaw, Okla., Aug. 28. --- Funeral services for Perry Chuculate, 32 years, deputy of Sequoyah county, who was fatally shot Friday afternoon., in a battle with two alledged bandits, three miles west of Sallisaw, will be conducted here at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the First Christian church.
Mr Chuculate died at 5:50 o'clock Friday afternoon in St. John's hospital in Fort smith, nearly seven hours after he had been shot through the right shoulder and right lung by the bandits.
The body of the former peace officer will be taken form his home, Noth Main street, to the Christian church at 2 o'clock and will lie in state for one hour prior to the service. The officiating minister had not been named Saturday morning.
Pythians Will Take Part
Special ritualistic services at the City cemetery in Sallisaw will be in charge of the Sallisaw chapter No. 271, Knights of Pythias. They will be assisted by members of the Fort Smith Pythian lodge. Mr Chuculate had been a member of the Knights of Pythias for 7 years.
Members of the Arkola temple Dramatic Order Knights of Khorasan of Fort Smith, of which the dead officer had been a member for the last three years, will meetat the Pythian hall, 1110 1-2 Garrison avenue at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon and will go to the funeral in a body (?).
Pallbearers for the funeral will be selected either from the police and sheriff's force at Sallisaw or from the membership of the Knights of Pythias of the city.
List of Survivors
Mr. Chucuate is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby (Cotton) Chuculate of the family home, two sons, Owen, 13 years old and Odell, 10, a daughter, Opal, 14 years old. He also leaves his parents Mr. and Mrs. George Chuculate, Sallisaw, two (three) brothers, Jack and Hasting of Sallisaw and Mose Chuculate who arrived in Sallisaw Saturday morning from his in Elk City, Okla. His sister, Mrs. George Hale of Tulsa, Okla., came to Sallisaw Friday night. Another Sister Miss Lucille Chuculate resides in Sallisaw.
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Delaine Shirley-Noyer (#47591332)
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Perry Chuculate, Nephew of Cherokee Chieftain, Made His Name Almost Mythical
Perry Chuculate, 32-year-old deputy sheriff who died Friday afternoon in St. John's hospital from bullet wounds received that morning in an attempt to halt two bandits believed to have robbed tow banks at Covington, was a member of one Sequoyah county's historic Cherokee families and one of the picturesque figures of the county's law force.
Chuculate, who was three-fourths Cherokee, was the son of Elmira Faulkner, sister of old "Uncle Dave" Faulkner, Hanson, Okla., chieftain of the Cherokee tribe and the founder of a pioneer eastern Oklahoma family. Chuculate's father, George, was a full-blood Cherokee.
The Old Chuculate homestead, at which George was reared, stands one and one-half mile this side of Sallisaw. On it the cabin built by the Cherokee family in the early Indian Territory days still remains. The farm is now owned by C.B. Johnson, m909 South Twenty-Sixth Street, who resigned as mayor of Sallisaw a year ago.
Noted for Fearlessness
"Perry's part in this affair,' said Johnson Saturday, referring to the attempt made by four Sequoyah county officers to halt the bandits west of Sallisaw, "was typical of his history in the police and sheriff's force.
"He was fearless. He was a crack shot with a pistol or gun. He always rushed in at the most dangerous times, forgetting caution. It was no surprise to any of his friends when we heard he had been shot, for he always was in the thick of any shooting, and it is miraculous he escaped with his life up to that time."
Chuculate began work on the night police force of Sallisaw when he was 23 years old, according to Johnson, now mayor was then chief of police. When Johnson went out of office last June, he said Chuculate resigned and became associated with John E. Johnston, sheriff, as deputy. At the time of his death he was chief field deputy sheriff.
Killed Three While Policeman
When Chuculate was night police officer, he killed three men. One was an ex-soldier, Ross Taylor, believed to have been mentally unbalanced. Chuculate had been called to Taylor's home to protect the insane man's wife, whom he was beating while intoxicated. Another victim of the deputy's was Tom Benson, whom he killed in front of the Wonderland theatre, Sallisaw, when Benson started shooting at E. B. Bugher, theatre owner. Benson also was said to have been drinking.
Chuculate also shot and killed a man who attacked him after the deputy had pursued him form the front to the rear of the Palace Drug store in Sallisaw.
Captured Noted Bandits
The Cherokee officer has numbers of exploits to his credit, so that his name, although he was a young man, had become a sort of myth in eastern Oklahoma, Johnson said.
Chuculate was leading the posse, gathered from Oklahoma towns, last spring when Frank Chance was captured in Coke Hill. Bert Cotton, under sheriff, and brother-in-law of Chuculate, was given credit for firing the shot that killed Chance.
One of the most famous captures before he went bad." He said, was out of Sallisaw on a highway after attempting to rob a bank, when he ran out of gas. He entered the town, happing to choose the garage of Bert Cotton to rob. Chuculate was at the time and walked in the garage and captured Ed and a Companion. He then went with them to the edge of the town, to their waiting motor car, and captured Lockhart's brother."
Received Two Rewards
Chuculate received $1,000 reward from the Arkansas Banker's association for that feat. He and J. C. Woll, chief of police of Sallisaw, who Friday was kidnapped by the bandits who fatally wounded Chuculate, received $1,000 reward last winter for capturing two St. Louis bandits.
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Delaine Shirley-Noyer (#47591332)
Southwest Times Record
Fort Smith, Arkansas, Sunday Morning, August 28, 1926
Slain Deputy To Be Buried At Sallisaw
Perry Chuculate's Funeral Will Be Conducted at First Christian Church: Pythians Will Take Part
Sallisaw, Okla., Aug. 28. --- Funeral services for Perry Chuculate, 32 years, deputy of Sequoyah county, who was fatally shot Friday afternoon., in a battle with two alledged bandits, three miles west of Sallisaw, will be conducted here at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the First Christian church.
Mr Chuculate died at 5:50 o'clock Friday afternoon in St. John's hospital in Fort smith, nearly seven hours after he had been shot through the right shoulder and right lung by the bandits.
The body of the former peace officer will be taken form his home, Noth Main street, to the Christian church at 2 o'clock and will lie in state for one hour prior to the service. The officiating minister had not been named Saturday morning.
Pythians Will Take Part
Special ritualistic services at the City cemetery in Sallisaw will be in charge of the Sallisaw chapter No. 271, Knights of Pythias. They will be assisted by members of the Fort Smith Pythian lodge. Mr Chuculate had been a member of the Knights of Pythias for 7 years.
Members of the Arkola temple Dramatic Order Knights of Khorasan of Fort Smith, of which the dead officer had been a member for the last three years, will meetat the Pythian hall, 1110 1-2 Garrison avenue at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon and will go to the funeral in a body (?).
Pallbearers for the funeral will be selected either from the police and sheriff's force at Sallisaw or from the membership of the Knights of Pythias of the city.
List of Survivors
Mr. Chucuate is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby (Cotton) Chuculate of the family home, two sons, Owen, 13 years old and Odell, 10, a daughter, Opal, 14 years old. He also leaves his parents Mr. and Mrs. George Chuculate, Sallisaw, two (three) brothers, Jack and Hasting of Sallisaw and Mose Chuculate who arrived in Sallisaw Saturday morning from his in Elk City, Okla. His sister, Mrs. George Hale of Tulsa, Okla., came to Sallisaw Friday night. Another Sister Miss Lucille Chuculate resides in Sallisaw.
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Delaine Shirley-Noyer (#47591332)
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Perry Chuculate, Nephew of Cherokee Chieftain, Made His Name Almost Mythical
Perry Chuculate, 32-year-old deputy sheriff who died Friday afternoon in St. John's hospital from bullet wounds received that morning in an attempt to halt two bandits believed to have robbed tow banks at Covington, was a member of one Sequoyah county's historic Cherokee families and one of the picturesque figures of the county's law force.
Chuculate, who was three-fourths Cherokee, was the son of Elmira Faulkner, sister of old "Uncle Dave" Faulkner, Hanson, Okla., chieftain of the Cherokee tribe and the founder of a pioneer eastern Oklahoma family. Chuculate's father, George, was a full-blood Cherokee.
The Old Chuculate homestead, at which George was reared, stands one and one-half mile this side of Sallisaw. On it the cabin built by the Cherokee family in the early Indian Territory days still remains. The farm is now owned by C.B. Johnson, m909 South Twenty-Sixth Street, who resigned as mayor of Sallisaw a year ago.
Noted for Fearlessness
"Perry's part in this affair,' said Johnson Saturday, referring to the attempt made by four Sequoyah county officers to halt the bandits west of Sallisaw, "was typical of his history in the police and sheriff's force.
"He was fearless. He was a crack shot with a pistol or gun. He always rushed in at the most dangerous times, forgetting caution. It was no surprise to any of his friends when we heard he had been shot, for he always was in the thick of any shooting, and it is miraculous he escaped with his life up to that time."
Chuculate began work on the night police force of Sallisaw when he was 23 years old, according to Johnson, now mayor was then chief of police. When Johnson went out of office last June, he said Chuculate resigned and became associated with John E. Johnston, sheriff, as deputy. At the time of his death he was chief field deputy sheriff.
Killed Three While Policeman
When Chuculate was night police officer, he killed three men. One was an ex-soldier, Ross Taylor, believed to have been mentally unbalanced. Chuculate had been called to Taylor's home to protect the insane man's wife, whom he was beating while intoxicated. Another victim of the deputy's was Tom Benson, whom he killed in front of the Wonderland theatre, Sallisaw, when Benson started shooting at E. B. Bugher, theatre owner. Benson also was said to have been drinking.
Chuculate also shot and killed a man who attacked him after the deputy had pursued him form the front to the rear of the Palace Drug store in Sallisaw.
Captured Noted Bandits
The Cherokee officer has numbers of exploits to his credit, so that his name, although he was a young man, had become a sort of myth in eastern Oklahoma, Johnson said.
Chuculate was leading the posse, gathered from Oklahoma towns, last spring when Frank Chance was captured in Coke Hill. Bert Cotton, under sheriff, and brother-in-law of Chuculate, was given credit for firing the shot that killed Chance.
One of the most famous captures before he went bad." He said, was out of Sallisaw on a highway after attempting to rob a bank, when he ran out of gas. He entered the town, happing to choose the garage of Bert Cotton to rob. Chuculate was at the time and walked in the garage and captured Ed and a Companion. He then went with them to the edge of the town, to their waiting motor car, and captured Lockhart's brother."
Received Two Rewards
Chuculate received $1,000 reward from the Arkansas Banker's association for that feat. He and J. C. Woll, chief of police of Sallisaw, who Friday was kidnapped by the bandits who fatally wounded Chuculate, received $1,000 reward last winter for capturing two St. Louis bandits.
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Delaine Shirley-Noyer (#47591332)
